Post by rgrove on May 12, 2005 11:02:00 GMT -5
3,571 divorces on average in the U.S. these days. That's astonishing to think about. 
Almost too hard for me to really grasp that today, this very day, somewhere around this many families are finalizing their demise. 
www.baptistpress.com/bpnews.asp?ID=20760
More striking to Elliff than what percentage of marriages end in divorce, he said, is that an average of 3,571 divorces occur per day in America.
"If 3,571 divorces take place each day, that means on that same day, 3,571 marriages are starting out without what they needed to last, and 3,571 marriages are getting in trouble, and 3,571 couples are deciding to go to a lawyer, and 3,571 couples are in an estranged position and 3,571 couples are also going to divorce court that day," Elliff noted.
"So you can take that 3,571 figure and multiply that by five or 10 to get the number of families that are in trouble. That changes the whole picture."
Almost too hard for me to really grasp that today, this very day, somewhere around this many families are finalizing their demise. 
www.baptistpress.com/bpnews.asp?ID=20760
More striking to Elliff than what percentage of marriages end in divorce, he said, is that an average of 3,571 divorces occur per day in America.
"If 3,571 divorces take place each day, that means on that same day, 3,571 marriages are starting out without what they needed to last, and 3,571 marriages are getting in trouble, and 3,571 couples are deciding to go to a lawyer, and 3,571 couples are in an estranged position and 3,571 couples are also going to divorce court that day," Elliff noted.
"So you can take that 3,571 figure and multiply that by five or 10 to get the number of families that are in trouble. That changes the whole picture."